Caffeinated Clint
I think it’s fair to say that a lot of folks were disappointed with the “Smallville” finale (read my five cents here); one of the main beefs with the series ender was that we didn’t get a full-body shot of Tom Welling in the ‘Superman’ suit (just some CGI stuff and a T-Shirt under the suit deal).
Producer Brian Peterson tells The Hollywood Reporter why he decided not to force Welling into wearing the red underoos.
“That is a great debate that’s going on,” Souders coyly told The Hollywood Reporter.
The finale included a few scenes in which Welling is seen sporting the upper-half of the Superman suit, however, the only full-suit scene is done from a distance and via CGI with Superman finally taking flight in space and saving the planet.
“What we wanted to do all along was show hints at where he was going because that is a whole different story that is yet to be told,” Peterson told THR. “It felt like it gave just enough without starting to tell a whole different story that is left for all the other media.’
Peterson, who penned Part 2 of the finale with Souders, noted that the series has always been about Clark becoming the hero from the famed mythos and that the adventures of Superman were stories that have been — and will continue to be told — via other avenues, including Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Man of Steel, set for next year. “[Showing Tom in the full suit] to me is just not super relevant and not what we were trying to do,” he said.
“We were actually thrilled that everybody came together and was on board with the shots that we specifically picked,” he added.
“We all wanted it to be the end of Clark Kent’s journey because it’s a show about Clark Kent,” he said. “In the days when we saw him in a flannel shirt, the suit was the furthest thing from his mind.”
“Smallville” wrapped earlier this month.
